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Hugo, the answer to that question is in Sifu Wong's Q&A, which Michael pasted above.
For convenience, I'll paste the text here:
Your si-gung's teacher is called si-tai-gung, and his teacher is called si-jo. The founder of a system or the head of a generation line is called jo-si.
Jung-si means "teacher of the tradition". This title is usually addressed to the living head of a system. It is also sometimes addressed to a famous master.
Let us take this generation line as an example. Chee Seen --> Lok Ah Choy --> Wong Kai Ying --> Wong Fei Hoong --> Lam Sai Weng --> Lam Jo.
Lam Jo would address Lam Sai Weng as sifu, Wong Fei Hoong as si-gung, Wong Kai Ying as si-tai-gung, and Lok Ah Choy as si-jo. Anyone in this generation line from Wong Fei Hoong downward, including students today, would address Chee Seen, being the head of the generation line, as jo-si. Technically, Lok Ah Choy and Wong Kai Ying could also address Chee Seen as jo- si, but usually they would not because they were close enough to call him si-gung and sifu respectively.
Chee Seen is the jung-si of the system. But Lok Ah Choy, Wong Kai Ying, Wong Fei Hoong and Lam Sai Weng, being famous masters, can rightly be referred to as jung-si too.
So I understand that a: Si Jo (Great, Great Grandmaster) is a title to call a Master that are 4 generation back on the lineage! Right? There is not other way that a Master can be call Si Jo (Great, Great Grandmaster) ? Right ?
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